Why I Gave Logseq A Try

What Is Logseq

Logseq is an open-source note-taking and outlining tool. It works on a local file and privacy first philosophy. It makes use of Markdown files (i.e. plain text files) as well as Org-mode (another plain text-based way of formatting files like Markdown) files.

My Data Journey

I’m very much into the local and privacy-first approach to my information and data. I’ve written about the reasons and why I use Obsidian is mostly because of this philosophy. Seeing slow responses, lagging, outages and breaches with online services and web first based apps, I wanted to take control of my data. This has only strengthened with time after seeing how much flexibility that gives and the endless possibilities. I use online-based services and tools too, but they must serve me rather than the other way around while also keeping top of mind in my systems that my data must end up in some permanent, fully controlled back end in some fashion as much as possible.

Why I Tried Logseq

Why not? I’m open to trying new things. In this case, I’d seen a lot of buzz and hype around Logseq, especially since, as you’ve seen my description for it, it aligns almost precisely with the reasons I use Obsidian. I don’t want to switch tools, but maybe it could enhance and add to my systems, make some things easier that are less easy in Obsidian. The whole point of your data being your data is that it’s agnostic to different tools. So there is no reason not to use various tools and apps on the same information, which is why I installed and set up Logseq and tried it with my main Obsidian vault.

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